
The Summer Before Junior Year, and the Mental Load No One Warns You About
Can we talk about the part of college admissions that never makes it onto the timeline? The mental load. Not the tasks. The carrying of

Can we talk about the part of college admissions that never makes it onto the timeline? The mental load. Not the tasks. The carrying of
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